13 April 2016

Still Life with Silver Cup, Red Pear, and Two Muscat Grapes6x8 inches, oil on linen on panel, 1 April 2016Click to view auction(larger than typical auction paintings; auction includes several detail and framed views)

Today's painting (and my live demo) honors the memory of my friend, Jami. All proceeds from this auction will be donated to the Jami Rodriguez Memorial Scholarship at Arcadia. Read more. Also, if you look closely, there's one of my self portrait of sorts down the middle of the cup's reflections.

ABOUT

Inspired by the "A Painting a Day" movement, I started making daily paintings for my blog on 9/23/07.

Nine years later,
my blog has had over three-quarters of a million visitors from over 100 countries. My paintings have been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine's "Live Your Best Life—Women Who Make Beautiful Things," Seth Godin's bestseller, Linchpin: Are You Indispensible?, and FOX's Good Day Philadelphia, among many others. I was recently named #5 on the list of 49 Creative Geniuses by Boost Blog Traffic.

More importantly, painting has become my meditative time and the best part of my day. Attempting to paint every day speaks to my interest in ritual, practice, classical still life and trompe l'oeil painting. In sharing my work on my blog, I explore the nuances and complexities of ever-changing internet globalization. My paintings are usually sold by eBay auctions, and are in over eight hundred private and public collections around the globe.

I am fortunate to have studied with
David A. Leffel at the Art Students League of New York, and this experience continues to have the greatest impact on my work.